[EXHIBIT 10rr TO COLONIAL GAS COMPANY
10-K FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996]
AMENDMENT TO
UNDERGROUND STORAGE SERVICE AGREEMENT
Rate Schedule SS-1
The parties to a certain Underground Storage Service
Agreement ("the Agreement"), dated as of December 21, 1984,
between National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (successor -in-
interest to Penn-York Energy Corporation), and Colonial Gas
Company, hereby amend the Agreement, effective May 1, 1996,
as follows:
1. Article I of the Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety with the following:
ARTICLE I
Character of Service and Volumes
Beginning on the date of the first injection of
Xxxxx's gas for storage hereunder and thereafter for the
remaining term of this agreement, Seller agrees to (a)
transport or cause gas to be transported for Buyer from the
delivery point set forth in Article IV hereof, (b) store
gas, and (c) transport or cause gas to be transported to the
delivery point set forth in Article IV hereof, as provided
herein, and Xxxxx agrees to engage Seller to transport and
store, and to pay therefor, volumes of natural gas as
follows:
(i) Annual Storage Volume
The Annual Storage Volume for the entire term of
this agreement is 1,098,350 Mcf.
(ii) Maximum Daily Injection Volume
The Maximum Daily Injection Volume for the period
commencing with the first injection of Buyer's gas for
storage hereunder and continuing for the remaining term of
this agreement will vary according to the percentage of
Buyer's Annual Storage Volume occupied at the commencement
of any given day as follows:
Percentage Maximum Daily
Annual Injection Volume
Storage Based on 1,098,350
Volume Occupied (Mcf)
Less than 10% 7,322
From greater than 10% to 30% 6,865
From greater than 30% to 50% 6,276
From greater than 50% to 70% 5,937
From greater than 70% to 100% 5,492
(iii) Maximum Daily Withdrawal Volume
The Maximum Daily Withdrawal Volume for the period
commencing with the first injection of Buyer's gas for
storage hereunder and continuing for the remaining term of
this agreement will vary according to the percentage of
Buyer's Annual Storage Volume occupied at the commencement
of any given day as follows:
Percentage Maximum Daily
Annual Withdrawal Volume
Storage Based on 1,098,350
Volume Occupied (Mcf)
From greater than 30% to 100% 9,985
From greater than 15% to 30% 9,153
From greater than 10% to 15% 8,136
Less than 10% 7,322
2, Article II of the Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety with the following:
ARTICLE II
Term of Agreement
The term of this agreement shall commence as of May 1,
1996 and continue in effect until March 31, 1998, and from
year to year thereafter until terminated by either Seller or
Buyer upon not less than 12 months' prior written notice to
the other specifying a termination date at the end of such
period or any subsequent anniversary thereof.
3. Article IV of the Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety with the following:
ARTICLE IV
Delivery Point and Pressures
The point of delivery for gas received for Buyer's
account by Seller and re-delivered by Seller to or for
Buyer's account shall be at the pipeline interconnection of
Seller's Line EC-1 with the interstate transmission
facilities of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company ("Tennessee")
(Xxxxxxx Settlement) and/or other facilities of Seller near
Seller's Ellisburg Station in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
The gas received by Seller at the Ellisburg interconnection
shall be at the pressure at which Tennessee or Seller is
operating its facilities, but not less than 400psig, and
upon redelivery to or for the account of Buyer shall be at
pipeline pressures suitable for delivery into Tennessee's or
Seller's system, as the case may be; provided that Seller
shall not be obligated to deliver gas at a pressure in
excess of 1,000psig.
The partied hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed by their proper officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
ATTEST: NATIONAL FUEL GAS SUPPLY
CORPORATION
By:
__/s/ illegible__________ __/s/__Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx______
Secretary Vice President
ATTEST: COLONIAL GAS COMPANY
__/s/_Phyllis Semenchuk__ By:__/s/__Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx___
Secretary Senior Vice President-
Gas Supply
[END OF EXHIBIT 10rr]
